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Tuesday 19 March 2019

Dutch 1st class screw steam ship 1st class Zr.Ms. Adolf Hertog van Nassau 1858-1919

NG-MC-1144 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam Netherlands. Original source

weapon emblem


Part of the counter decoration

Console or knee originally to be found on the stern. Several times repained and stripped in 1919. 
Scheepvaartmuseum, Netherlands 23 February 2019

Call sign GQBL, on stocks at the navy yard at Vlissingen, Netherlands on 4 December 1858, launched on Saturday 14.00 o’clock 8 June 1861, guard ship at Willemsoord, Netherlands since 1 October 1877, decommissioned on 27 February 1918, used as accommodation for the army, sold to the city of Den Helder, Netherlands in February 1919 with the intention to be broken up for her timber which was as fuel then distributed to the population, in March 1919 were unemployed busy with breaking her up. Wood-built. Displacement 3.750 tons, dimensions 62,36 (between perpendiculars)-72,86 (over all) x 15,72 x 6,80 metres, horsepower 450 hp, 3 masts, 1 funnel and a crew numbering500 men. Armament 51 guns and as guard ship 6-12cm K.A. guns.